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The NFL season gets started this weekend, technically tonight when the Detroit Lions take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday Night Football. But there’s a full slate of games on Sunday and Monday night. Which means that NFL Sunday Ticket is launching on YouTube and YouTube TV this weekend.
So, YouTube and YouTube TV are launching a free week-long trial of NFL Sunday Ticket. It will kick off this Sunday, September 10, 2023. But there are quite a few limitations on this offer.
What limitations is YouTube placing on this offer?
While this is technically a free trial, it’s only available to those that are signing up for NFL Sunday Ticket. The free trial is gradually rolling out, according to YouTube. If you signed up months ago, then you’re not eligible, unfortunately.
According to the help page that YouTube has published, it says that “NFL Sunday Ticket 7-day free trials are only available when you sign up for NFL Sunday Ticket or NFL Sunday Ticket with NFL RedZone on YouTube or YouTube TV”. You also have to sign up without your mobile carrier or ISP. Among a few other things.
The most important thing here is that “current and former NFL Sunday Ticket or NFL Sunday Ticket with NFL RedZone subscribers on YouTube or YouTube TV are not eligible.”
So basically, this free trial is only going to be available to a very small number of users. This isn’t like the free weekend that YouTube TV tends to do on holiday weekends for some premium channels like MAX, SHOWTIME, Cinemax and others. It’s literally here to entice you to sign up for NFL Sunday Ticket. Which is not a cheap option either. It starts at $299 with YouTube TV or $399 without YouTube TV. And that’s for the entire season, which is about five months long. But it is a good way to entice people to check it out.